Someone throws one for you. Friends, family members, etc. You pick a day about a month before you're due and all family members and friends gather around for a party type gathering in honor of your sweet baby. There's normally a cake and finger foods and they bring items (preferably ones you have registered for!!!) and some choose to play cute little baby games. You can look different ones up online. They all watch you open your gifts while someone writes down who each one is from so you can send thank you notes afterwards and once it's over you thank everyone and take the gifts home and get ready for your baby to come! It's normally better than Christmas and Birthdays combined!!!! =) I hope that gives you a better idea!!!

The original purpose of the baby shower was to shower a new mother with gifts since she was new to parenting. Some Americans morph it into a celebration of the baby and think every baby deserves to be "celebrated"

Huh, in the UK we usually take a little something when we first visit the aby, or last see the mum before her due date, but nothing more than clothes or bibs, it tends to be a personal by choice kind of thing.

I think the shower idea makes me kind of uncomfortable, kind of pressuring (what if no one throws one, or no one turns up)...ick.

The main purpose is to help the mom and dad to be with purchasing some needed items for the baby. Since buying everything you need for the baby can get expensive, a baby shower can help by having your friends and family members give you what you need/want as a gift. Some play cute games, eat and socialize but it's a great opportunity to receive help from those around you who are also excited about the baby to arrive!

It's okay to ask a close family member or friend to throw you a baby shower, but most of the time someone will offer. Just take them up on that offer and provide your imput on the day, time and guests. Also, I'd highly recommend you have a shower around 30-32 weeks because you want time to go through everything before baby arrives. Our first child came a month early so I always prefer having the shower earlier.

I also prefer to have my babyshowers earlier since both my kiddos were born at 34.5wks. My best friend has already announced SHE is throwing my shower a month after sex ia determined...so around Feb or March. I dont care as much about presents as others do...sure, presents are awesome...but its all about the celebration of fhe beauty of having a baby. I do not want everyone stopping by to see me/the baby after born. My kids are usually preemie and Im very protective of them because of it.

My best friend threw my last shower, baby #3, for me. It wasnt a stuffy, buy me stuff kind of thing at all. We just threw a party, which I was the only one sober by the end of it! Some people brought gifts, but nothing was expected. Everyone brought some appetizers, and we had a great time. We lived in Alaska, and didnt have family around, so my husbands coworkers and their families were like our families too.

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